MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.40,-86.50 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 21 24.3 21.4 84 2.9 22.2 233 11 296.4 299.3 295.0 342.6 16.03 1 1000 128 24.2 20.1 78 4.2 21.3 236 18 297.4 300.1 294.4 340.6 14.93 2 950 576 20.8 18.3 85 2.5 19.1 245 22 298.3 300.8 294.1 339.1 14.04 3 900 1042 17.4 16.7 95 0.8 16.9 250 24 299.5 301.9 294.0 338.5 13.37 4 850 1530 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 253 26 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.3 12.41 5 800 2042 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 255 28 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.2 11.32 6 750 2582 9.6 9.3 98 0.2 9.4 257 29 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.8 9.88 7 700 3153 6.2 5.1 93 1.1 5.6 261 30 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.6 7.90 8 650 3758 3.4 0.3 80 3.1 1.7 262 33 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.7 6.03 9 600 4404 -0.0 -7.4 58 7.4 -3.4 265 36 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.9 3.66 10 550 5095 -4.4 -14.2 46 9.8 -8.1 261 40 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.6 2.31 11 500 5839 -8.7 -16.5 53 7.8 -11.5 257 41 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.10 12 450 6648 -13.4 -20.0 58 6.6 -15.5 250 40 326.4 326.7 292.3 332.4 1.73 13 400 7534 -19.1 -24.3 63 5.3 -20.4 236 40 330.2 330.5 293.0 335.0 1.34 14 350 8515 -25.3 -31.3 57 6.0 -26.5 229 43 334.7 334.8 293.7 337.6 0.80 15 300 9618 -32.6 -35.6 74 3.0 -33.0 230 38 339.4 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.61 16 250 10878 -42.3 -48.0 54 5.7 -42.7 222 32 343.1 343.2 295.3 343.9 0.20 17 200 12344 -54.7 -63.8 32 9.1 -54.9 243 42 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14137 -65.3 -75.4 23 10.1 -65.4 256 51 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16543 -74.0 -83.0 24 9.0 -74.0 260 28 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.05 m Freezing level: 600.41 mb = 4398.31 m = 14429.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.14 mb = 3969.76 m = 13024.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.13 mb = 384.06 m = 1260.01 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 982.61 m = 3223.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.17 mb = 823.15 m = 2700.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.17 mb = 1251.70 m = 4106.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.17 mb = 8552.99 m = 28060.66 ft B at Equ Level: 305.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.17 mb = 11772.67 m = 38623.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 10.95 Bulk Shear: 27.96 m/s